Public debate about genocide in Gaza is increasingly dominated by claims of antisemitism. The result is a political climate where outrage at Israel’s actions is recast as prejudice.
In the present circumstances of a genocide, the obvious reason for a tidal wave of panic about antisemitism is that the efforts to deny Israel’s vast crimes is not working. Everyone can see the truth on their mobile phones. Gaza looks like Hiroshima after the atom bomb in 1945. Who in their right mind can believe that this is self-defence, targeting Hamas militants hiding behind “human shields”?
Antisemitism: “It’s a trick. We always use it.”